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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1650
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 2
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Prophets rebukes must not be like cobwebs to take small flies and to let the great ones go thorough,1 they must be impartial rebukes. Oh how many Prophets have sharpened their rebukes against those that have been most conscientious, and have saddened their hearts even out of their Pulpits; but they let those that are loose go quiet away, nay not only quiet but rejoicing. When the hearts of the Saints have been saddened, they have sharpened their rebukes against these; but the looser of the parish, or many times the great ones have gone away rejoicing. Thus if you take the words actively, I have been a rebuker of them all.
Prophets rebukes must not be like cobwebs to take small flies and to let the great ones go thorough,1 they must be impartial rebukes. Oh how many Prophets have sharpned their rebukes against those that have been most conscientious, and have sadned their hearts even out of their Pulpits; but they let those that are loose go quiet away, nay not only quiet but rejoycing. When the hearts of the Saints have been sadned, they have sharpned their rebukes against these; but the looser of the parish, or many times the great ones have gone away rejoycing. Thus if you take the words actively, I have been a rebuker of them all.
- 1Obser. Prophets rebukes.
But if you take the words passively (as some do) that is thus; They have rebuked the Prophet; as if he should say,1 they have been profound in their Idolatrous ways, and I have been faithful in preaching to them, and what hath been my recompense? All of them have rebuked me. All of them, not only their Priests have rebuked me, cried out against me, not only their chief and great men have rebuked me; they indeed (their Priests and their Magistrates) would bitterly inveigh against me for pleading against their Idolatry; But all the people have done it too, I have been a rebuke to all the people, they have all been bitter against me, and sharpened their very tongues against me; Oh say they, here is one that likes not our way of worship, he must have another kind of Religion, he tells us that we must all go up to Jerusalem and worship there, and nothing will serve turn but that. Thus they scorned him and rebuked him and even flew in his very face. From thence the Note is this.